Red Bluff Bill Sparks Pecos Valley Jubilation
After the Red Bluff Dam bill passed and the President signed, Pecos Valley celebrates twenty years of irrigation hopes turning to reality. A July 20 festival in Pecos will honor Hudspeth and others who fought for the project, with a parade, speeches, barbecue, ball game, and dances for thousands across Barstow Grandfalls Imperial and surrounding towns.
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Barstow
Cedarvale
Farmer's Independent Grandfalls
Benna Vista
Imperial
Zimmerman
Fort Stockton
Pecos
Texas
Elephant Butte
Hudspeth
Red Bluff
Court House
Grandfalls
Buena Vista
Farmers Independent Canal Zone
Enthusiam
Congressman Hudspeth
Sheppard
The
Texas and Pacific
Santa Fe
Burges
Work
Dr. Meade
Virgil A Thompson Ends Own Life in Lawton Okla
Virgil A Thompson died late Monday evening in Lawton Oklahoma after shooting himself following a failed attempt to end his life He had lived in Toyah Pecos and Mountain View and recently visited family in Lawton His friends describe him as energetic serious and well liked with a quiet nature The act appears premeditated over at least a week and he left directions for relatives before his disappearance of belongings and trip remarks express sincere regret from former friends and family
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Virgil A. Thompson
Lawton
Oklahoma
Mountain View
Pecos
J. Z. Thompson
Young Thompson
Toyah
R H Gray Speaks At Chamber Luncheon In Fort Stockton
R H Gray of Fort Stockton was the main speaker at the Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Orient Hotel. Sixty four people attended as Gray recounted six months in Washington advocating the Red Bluff Bill later renamed Hudspeth Dam and praised Hudspeth’s persistence in securing passage.
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R. H. Gray
Chamber OF Commerce
Fort Stockton
Orient Hotel
Gray
Red Bluff
Hudspeth
Judge Walthall Opens Re election Campaign in Eight District
Judge A. M. Walthall announces an active bid for re election as associate justice of the court of civil appeals in the eight supreme judicial district. A Pecos native and long time Reeves County attorney, he has served since 1914. An El Paso Herald editorial lauds his vigor erudition and fairness and notes his role in the court when crowded dockets required assistance from the supreme court. He stresses his non partisan record and asks voters to consider his long service and proven ability.
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Court of Civil Appeals
Supreme Judicial District
A. M. Walthall
Pecos
Reeves County
el Paso Herald
Walthall
Supreme Court
Austin
District Court
el Paso
Civil Appeals
Peeps
Gage and Walthall
Thirty-fourth Judicial District
McKenzie
Deep Rock test boosts Culberson County oil prospects near Toyah
Oil scouts report a strong Deep Rock show at 1570 feet in Culberson County with 24 barrels of high gravity oil in 48 hours. Independent land men and big companies push for rapid development while other wells show gas or water depth challenges across Reeves, Pecos, Jeff Davis and Loving counties.
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Culberson County
Deep Rock
Toyah
Pecos
Ios
Dixie
Pecos County
Reeves County
Kloh No. 1
Reeves
Grisham-Hunter
J. K. Hughes
Jeff Davis County
Old Moon Ranch
John Z. Means
Hughes
Delaware
House Passes Potash Bill for Five Year Exploration
Washington June 22 With little debate the House approved the Sheppard Hudspeth potash exploration bill authorizing 100000 dollars annually for five years to develop an American potash industry. The plan envisions joint administration by Commerce and Interior, contract with landowners, and priority for government and co operator expenses as a preferred claim. Government forecasts Texas New Mexico and Utah as core potash regions with a major foreign dependency to be reduced. A Geological Survey note records fifteen new wells in West Texas and New Mexico, bringing total wells to fifty across eighteen counties.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Senate
Secretaries of Commerce and Interior
Texas
University of Texas
Hudspeth
West
Hoover
Secretary of Commerce
House Committee
New Mexico
Utah
Sheppard
United States
House
Geological Survey
West Texas
Reagan
Pecos
Upton
Crane County
Loving
Midland
Ward
Holdy County
Precautions. Stenographer Job Ad Sparks Hair Color Clash
A business man seeks a stenographer with red hair for employment agency. He insists on red hair like his wife. The agency replies with a humorous inventory of other colors, sparking a lighthearted exchange about looks versus qualifications.
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Hudspeth Dam
Angeles
State Line
Congress
Crampton
Michigan
Committee On Appropriations
Self
Lawton, Okla
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Pecos Valley Water Ass'’N
Jim Camp
Pecos Valley Water Users Association
Jones
Texas and Pacific Railroad
Dixie Well
Humble Kloh
Humble McCutcheon
McCutcheon No. 1
Lockhart
Allen Drilling
Allen No. 1
Loving County
Grisham
Southwest
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